"1-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwʌn ʌp/, /wɒn ʌp/ [UK] Forms: 1-ups [plural]
Etymology: "Extra life" sense borrowed from Japanese 1UP (wan appu) and perhaps popularized by Super Mario Bros. (1985); but the term existed earlier in multi-player pinball and other arcade games in the 1960s, where "1Up" and "2Up" were used as flashing notifications to indicate who would play next (or who was "up" next in order). See https://www.inverse.com/gaming/1up-meaning-origin-definition-gaming. Etymology templates: {{borrowed|en|ja|1UP|tr=wan appu}} Japanese 1UP (wan appu) Head templates: {{en-noun}} 1-up (plural 1-ups)
  1. (video games) An item that grants the player an extra life in the game, staving off game over by one more try. Categories (topical): Video games, Nintendo Translations (An item that grants the player an extra life in the game, staving off game over by one more try): 1-Up (German), aukalíf (Icelandic), 1UP (wan appu) (Japanese), ワンアップ (wan appu) (Japanese), 1-UP (1-eop) (Korean), 원 업 (won eop) (Korean), extraliv [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-1-up-en-noun-CBrfpVc2 Disambiguation of Nintendo: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 34 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'An item that grants the player an extra life in the game, staving off game over by one more try': 96 4
  2. (video games) In a game with multiple players, an indicator or identifier of player 1. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-1-up-en-noun-8kvrCYRj Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: one-up (english: extra life) Derived forms: 2-up

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